Category: Street Beijing
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Photographers are magicians
Photographers are magicians. They can freeze time and make the world black and white. Black and white, 0 and 1—this is the starting point of all magic.
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Time itself is an artist
Vivian Maier captured a lot of portraits of people with a sense of the times, which made me realize that street photography doesn’t require a lot of compositional skills. Just take a picture of what you see and keep taking pictures of it. That approach will definitely be right. Because over time, even the most…
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Capture the real face
In many cases, when the subject is aware that you’re taking pictures of him, he’ll often appear less relaxed. Only photographers who can blend in can capture the real face. Clearly, I’ve got this down pat. Haha.
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Handshakes
I’ve been paying a lot of attention to handshakes lately, photographing them as I come across them, after all, they are one of the most obvious human interactions. You are limited by what you have.
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Smile at the world
Don’t just ride your bike and forget to smile at the world! The world is always recording your every expression, so make sure it’s a happy one!
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Street photography: life is a movie, and everyone is an improviser
Street photography is like an impromptu movie you watch for free in the real world. As you walk down the street, you see everyone as the star of their own story. The photographer captures all those little moments, like the way people move, what they look like, and the way they bump into each other.…
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Street Photography: Capturing the Extraordinary in Everyday Life
As I’m taking the photo, I suddenly realize that I’m about to bump into a group of people on the other side of the street. There’s a moment of tension in the air as we both move towards each other. In the blink of an eye, I took the photo, capturing the moment when we…
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Street photography: Capturing timeless moments
Strolling at my own pace, my mind is free to dance with the wind as my worries lightly encircle my brow, and the dust of my old photo albums flickers in a leisurely manner. Back then, the sun was so long and warm, and I used the streets and alleys as a canvas, my feet…
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500 years of looking back
I’ve only met these lovely people once, but when I do it’s fate and I’ll be sure to capture them on camera! The Buddha said that it took 500 years of looking back in a previous life to exchange for a brush of shoulders in this life. Isn’t that a lovely thought?